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No one is more insufferable than he who lacks basic courtesy.

Courtesy is a silver lining around the dark clouds of civilization; it is the best part of refinement and in many ways, an art of heroic beauty in the vast gallery of man's cruelty and baseness.

I have often seen people uncivil by too much civility, and tiresome in their courtesy.

Princes of courtesy, merciful, proud and strong.

When a language creates as it does a community within the present, it does so only by courtesy of a community between the present and the past.

Courtesy is as much a mark of a gentleman as courage.

There is a kind of courtesy in skepticism. It would be an offense against polite conventions to press our doubts too far.

Every human being is entitled to courtesy and consideration. Constructive criticism is not only to be expected but sought.

All places where women are excluded tend downward to barbarism; but the moment she is introduced, there come in with her courtesy, cleanliness, sobriety, and order.

The courtesy which most becomes a victor was denied to Germany for a long time.

Courtesy is the one coin you can never have too much of or be stingy with.

It may be a mistake, that man, in a state of nature, is more disposed to cruelty than courtesy.

Therefore, a person should first be changed by a teacher's instructions, and guided by principles of ritual. Only then can he observe the rules of courtesy and humility, obey the conventions and rules of society, and achieve order.

It is impossible to practice parliamentary politics without having patience, decency, politeness and courtesy.